8.75 kW Solar Array - Installation Begins
So this week marks the start of my home Solar installation. Tuesday I had four plumbing vents rerouted to the other side of my roof to free up some valuable southern facing roof space. I had the plumber tie one of the four vents into an existing line on the other side of the house and take the other three vents and tie them all into one larger pipe and then route that pipe out to the other side of the house. The original pvc vents that were penetrating the south side of the house still need to be pulled and the holes patched and shingled but that will be done by the roofers next week. You can see the new location of the vents alond with the old lines that were cut in the picture below.
Next Monday or Tuesday I will also have all of my existing attic vents (five round air hawks) removed and replaced with ridge row vents. This will also free up some valuable southern and western facing roof space for more solar panels. In the meantime the Solar Installation Company, Texas Solar Power, has started to install the "feet" that the solar racking system will attach to. Once this is completed they will probably have to hold off on everything else until the roofing company has completed their work on Monday or Tuesday of next week.
Below is an overview of the system I'm having installed.
8.75 kW Solar Array (7kW Southern Facing & 1.75kW Western Facing)
Comprised of the Following Equipment:
Next Monday or Tuesday I will also have all of my existing attic vents (five round air hawks) removed and replaced with ridge row vents. This will also free up some valuable southern and western facing roof space for more solar panels. In the meantime the Solar Installation Company, Texas Solar Power, has started to install the "feet" that the solar racking system will attach to. Once this is completed they will probably have to hold off on everything else until the roofing company has completed their work on Monday or Tuesday of next week.
Below is an overview of the system I'm having installed.
8.75 kW Solar Array (7kW Southern Facing & 1.75kW Western Facing)
Comprised of the Following Equipment:
- Inverter - (1) SMA Sunny Boy 7000US http://www.sma-america.com/en_US/products/grid-tied-inverters/sunny-boy/sunny-boy-5000us-6000us-7000us.html
- Solar Panels - (50) SunTech 175 Watt MonoCrystalline Black Label Panels http://www.suntech-power.com/products/docs/STP_170S_Ab-1_STP-DS-STD-N01.03%20black%20label.pdf
- Monitoring Equipment - SMA Sunny Web Box http://www.sma-america.com/en_US/products/monitoring-systems/sunny-webbox.html
- Monitoring Web Interface - Sunny Web Box http://www.sma-america.com/en_US/products/monitoring-systems/sunny-webbox.html
You poll needs a "very cool" choice.
You need to give some background. How did you decide to do this? How did you select Texas Solar Power? And cost, you have to (imho) address the cost of this project.
Like I said, very cool.
Cary
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